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Quartz

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Initial extraction of Quartz article content including infobox stats, obtaining methods, databank entry, and gallery references.

-# Quartz+| Property | Details |+| :--- | :--- |+| **Category** | Raw Materials |+| **Source** | Quartz Node, Quartz Deposit |+| **Biome** | All except Karakorum Metal Farms |+| **Description** | Silicon dioxide (SiO4). For silica glass and optical memory. Often makes up most of a planet's crust. |  -This is a disambiguation page, intended to distinguish between articles of similar subject or title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.+![Quartz](wiki-images/18/188f3c03c375c5bdb7a7cc60793e1ea1.png)  -Quartz may refer to:+**Quartz** is a [Raw Material](Raw Materials) used in crafting. It is highly abundant inside and around [Coral Domes](Coral Dome) in the [Shallows](Shallows).  -- Quartz (Subnautica)-- Quartz (Below Zero)+## Obtaining+ +Quartz can appear in three forms:+ +*   **Individual items**: Can be picked up by hand. These yield **1 Quartz**.+*   **Resource Nodes**: Broken by hand or using any [Tool](Tools). These yield **3 Quartz**.+*   **Resource Deposits**: Broken with the [Sonic Resonator](Sonic Resonator). These yield **5 Quartz**.+ +Quartz can be found in every biome except for the [Karakorum Metal Farms](Karakorum Metal Farms).+ +## Uses in Crafting+ +Quartz is a component in various crafting recipes. *(Specific recipes list would be generated by the `{{Uses item list}}` template in the live wiki).*+ +## On Collecting+ +When collecting Quartz, NoA will provide the following commentary:+ +> "This quartz contains dead coral polyps. It may have formed on or near a coral dome."+ +## Databank Entry+ +**Source**: [Scan](Scanner) Quartz+ +![Quartz Databank](wiki-images/18/188f3c03c375c5bdb7a7cc60793e1ea1.png)+ +**Quartz (SiO2)**+ +A silicate crystal named by the Polish. Quartz and feldspar make up most of Earth's continental crust.+ +Used in the creation of fabricator-aligned glass and ultra-long-term computer memory storage lasting billions of years.+ +Typically found as phenocrysts formed from cooling lava — but some local deposits have a telltale bioplastic matrix.+ +**Hypothesis**: a local coral gathers dissolved silica to grow quartz deposits.+ +## Gallery+ +![A Quartz deposit](wiki-images/1b/1b4d10f125073c53e97deb4e4c14b712.png)+*A Quartz deposit*+ +![A Quartz node](wiki-images/f7/f7d61d5fe496fb04d790a50e6ccc7441.png)+*A Quartz node*+ +![Individual Quartz inside a Coral Dome](wiki-images/0b/0bfdbdda83141434c8ed689fddc76193.png)+*Individual Quartz inside a Coral Dome*

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